February 11, 2011 - Record Cold Makes "Cow Tipping" Easy in the Midwest U.S.

Record Cold

Another arctic blast swooped down into the midwest US yesterday leaving in its wake record breaking low temperatures in Missouri, Texas and Oklahoma. Records that hadn't been threatened in almost 80 years fell all across the Prairie States to the ruthless blast of cold. Nowata, Oklahoma was the winner, setting a new state record there of -31°F. Brrrrrr

Farmers spent the entire night trying to keep cattle from freezing in the fields, sometimes taking calves into their truck cabs to heat them up. Cow Tipping would have been a breeze last night!

Oklahoma also got the honors of receiving the deepest snowfall in the blizzard... 25 inches of the fluff stuff in Jay. Tulsa set a seasonal snowfall record after getting 5 more inches, taking them to 25.9. Their previous record was 25.6 from the 1923-24 winter season. Snow cones anyone?!

See http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41507564/ns/weather/ and http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110210/us_nm/us_weather

Big Brain Excuses for Rising World Food Prices

Another article was published today on the world food shortage crisis. Ok, I've been talking about that so it's old news. However, there were a few things in the article that tickled me pink.

Meteorologists are blaming a severe La Niña for the Pacific Ocean problems that have caused drought in Russia and China and flooding in Australia and the Arctic Oscillation for the US's miseries this winter. Ok, so the Big Brains are pointing fingers at these "weather phenomenons" called La Niña (or El Niño I'm sure next year) and the Arctic Oscillaton... good and fine. However, WHAT is causing these things to increase in their severity of activity???

Plus, the same article quotes from a report released last month by Munich Re insurance (a German Insurance Company) that there were 950 natural disasters globally in 2010. The weather related portion of that total was 90%! That number only falls behind the 1980 total, so last year almost set a record for most global weather disasters.

The Insurance Information Institute president reported that both the severity and frequency of tornadoes and thunderstorms was escalating and has been for the past 25 years. Geesh! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that major Earth changes and climate changes are occurring!

See http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41481344/ns/business-eye_on_the_economy/

Earthquake report

Over the past 24 hours there have been 18 worldwide earthquakes at a stregth of 4.0 or higher. Two of the strongest ones occurred off the coast of Chile just 28 miles from Concepción. The first was a 6.8 and the second a 5.5.

Well, there you have it... the climate change news for today. Hope everyone is staying wet or dry, warm or cold.. whatever it is you need in your area. But, whatever is going on in your neck of the woods... Stay Safe!

Weshemonitu adiean ahuk peh.. Great Spirit's blessing be upon you! =)